The UFC has already stripped one of the two titles Conor McGregor briefly held simultaneously last November.
The two lightweights gunning for the belt he still holds say it might as well be relinquished too. Khabib Nurmagomedov and Tony Ferguson, who fight for the interim lightweight title in the co-main event of UFC 209 on March 4 at T-Mobile Arena, agree that McGregor isn’t as tough of competition as they are for each other.
“If I take Tony down, we have to keep fighting,” Nurmagomedov said. “If I take down Conor, what is he going to do?